Essential Linux Skills for Embedded Systems Engineers
A practical guide to the Linux skills embedded and firmware engineers should prioritize for building, flashing, debugging, serial I/O, automation, and real hardware bring-up.
EMBEDONIX
Embedded Systems & Electronics Engineering
EMBEDONIX
Embedded Systems & Electronics Engineering
Saeid Yazdani
Embedded Systems Engineer with 15+ years of professional experience developing firmware, electronics, measurement systems, and hardware-software solutions. I have been programming for more than two decades and write about Embedded C/C++, STM32, AURIX, PCB design, debugging, and practical engineering lessons from real-world projects.
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The Definitive Guide to Bit Manipulation for Embedded Systems
A comprehensive embedded guide to bit masks, register fields, target intrinsics, packed protocol values, atomicity, and C++ std::bitset.
Writing Drivers for SPI Chips in Embedded Systems
A practical reference for embedded SPI drivers for ADCs, sensors, DACs, and other peripheral chips, covering datasheets, timing, testing, and bring-up.
Using std::span in Modern C++
How std::span makes pointer-plus-length APIs easier to review, where it fits in firmware and tools, and which lifetime, bounds, DMA, and toolchain issues it still cannot protect.
Writing Drivers for I2C Chips in Embedded Systems
How to build maintainable I2C chip drivers for sensors, ADCs, EEPROMs, GPIO expanders, and other peripheral devices without leaking bus details into application code.
Evidence-Driven Debugging for C and C++ Firmware and Tools
A practical debugging workflow for C and C++ firmware, drivers, Linux utilities, and test tools: capture failures, replay inputs, instrument boundaries, protect timing, and verify fixes.
Keeping Instrument GUIs Responsive with Qt
How to structure Qt instrument GUIs so serial, USB, TCP, and SCPI hardware failures do not freeze widgets, hide stale data, or leave operators guessing.
10 Embedded Firmware Practices That Prevent Painful Bugs
Ten firmware habits that make bring-up easier, expose faults earlier, and keep common embedded failures from hiding in drivers, interrupts, buffers, or timing code.